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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Winona Ryder was arrested for illegal drug possession and shoplifting clothing from a Saks Fifth Avenue boutique, Beverly Hills police said Thursday.
Security guards at the Wilshire Boulevard store detained Ryder Wednesday evening after discovering her trying to steal "numerous items of clothing," Lt. Gary Gilmond said.
Police arrested her and later found she was carrying narcotics, he said.
She was booked on charges of grand theft and possessing pharmaceutical drugs without a prescription. Police did not disclose the kind of drug.
Ryder was released from custody Wednesday night after posting $20,000 bail.
Mara Buxbaum, Ryder's publicist, said the actress had no immediate comment on the arrest.
Ryder, 30, is best known for playing ponderous, melancholy characters in movies such as "Girl, Interrupted," "Heathers," "Beetlejuice" and "Reality Bites."
Her latest starring role was in last year's satanic thriller "Lost Souls," in which she played the survivor of a childhood exorcism.
